The Taylors are getting a new kitchen. Or rather, they still have the old kitchen, but with new counter tops. And making those new counter tops is a very special person that Tim calls the Granite Guy. For Tim, finding the right granite guy is like finding Jesus. He's gotten rid of two previous granite guys for measuring incorrectly, and he's literally interviewed over 100 others...the word "obsessive" wouldn't touch this guy. Suddenly, opportunity knocks, or rather calls on the phone: the granite guy of Tim's dreams is coming over tomorrow! Unfortunately, Tim won't be present to witness the magic happen, because he'll be too busy making an ass of himself on Fool Time. So just as Tim gets ready to go, Jill's friend Patty comes over, closely followed by the God of Granite himself...and boy, does he look familiar. Remember Ian from "Jill's Passion"? The guy Jill had a sexy dream about? Turns out, he's a professional granite guy. Things are bound to get awkward, but of course Jill wants to keep a lid on that dream because Tim's finally found a granite guy, and she wants new counter tops before the end of the century. So while the granite guy gets to work, we join Tim "The Slumlor...er, Landlord" Taylor and his gullible tenant, Al. They're checking for air leaks in his house. To perform a more accurate test, Al seals off the doors and windows inside the house while Tim goes outside to activate a smoke machine. At first it works perfectly, but it eventually goes tragically awry as the whole experiment blows smoke in Al's face, thanks to Tim not shutting the fireplace flue properly.
At home, Ian shares his lunch with Jill and they have a nice talk. But when work was done for the day and Ian tried to head home, his truck breaks down, and since he only lives in Ferndale, Jill offers to give him a ride. It seemed innocent enough. However, Ian has read her like a book and assumed she wanted him, so he plants one right on her lips. Jill pushes him away, says he was misreading any signals she "might" have sent out and aptly fires him. Well, you'd probably think Tim would be steamed that another man not only came on to wife, but kissed her too, right? Actually, he was more upset that Jill fired his goddamn granite guy. They argue, Jill apologizes, Tim doesn't believe her, they exchange some bad puns, and then Jill heads out to talk to Wilson, an honest man all around, which explains why his relationships never seem to last. He tells Jill that what happened was simply human nature, and that she should be upfront and honest with Tim about that dream. So she goes inside where Tim is making love to his new granite counter top, and confesses that she was attracted to Ian, and then wants to know if Tim is attracted to anyone else, and to be honest about it. He admits an attraction to Patty and she jumps down his throat. However, they make up and try to put this little incident behind them. Next day, Ian shows up looking for his tools. He and Tim exchange some words in "guy speak" and then Ian leaves, minus his best chisel.
I didn't like this one too well, besides sneaking in a few jokes that actually were funny, the episode as a whole is not funny. Bad jokes bury sentiment, the acting was forced, the writing was flawed, and we have yet another reason to dislike Jill as a character. Besides being a total bonehead, a ditz and a complete shrew to Tim, she also lead on this guy who was attracted to her...and she checked out his butt! Remember all the grief she gave Tim for looking at other women? What a hypocrite! I didn't buy their little "make up" at the end. If I were Tim, I'd have told Ian he could have her. Oh, and I recommend creating a drinking game for EVERY time the words "granite guy" are spoken. Why wasn't there a counter tallying up the number of times they said this? Granite guy, granite guy, granite guy. The joke died within minutes of this episode starting. So, overall: Taking Jill for Granite is a forced, unfunny and unpleasant entry into the show's seventh season.
At home, Ian shares his lunch with Jill and they have a nice talk. But when work was done for the day and Ian tried to head home, his truck breaks down, and since he only lives in Ferndale, Jill offers to give him a ride. It seemed innocent enough. However, Ian has read her like a book and assumed she wanted him, so he plants one right on her lips. Jill pushes him away, says he was misreading any signals she "might" have sent out and aptly fires him. Well, you'd probably think Tim would be steamed that another man not only came on to wife, but kissed her too, right? Actually, he was more upset that Jill fired his goddamn granite guy. They argue, Jill apologizes, Tim doesn't believe her, they exchange some bad puns, and then Jill heads out to talk to Wilson, an honest man all around, which explains why his relationships never seem to last. He tells Jill that what happened was simply human nature, and that she should be upfront and honest with Tim about that dream. So she goes inside where Tim is making love to his new granite counter top, and confesses that she was attracted to Ian, and then wants to know if Tim is attracted to anyone else, and to be honest about it. He admits an attraction to Patty and she jumps down his throat. However, they make up and try to put this little incident behind them. Next day, Ian shows up looking for his tools. He and Tim exchange some words in "guy speak" and then Ian leaves, minus his best chisel.
I didn't like this one too well, besides sneaking in a few jokes that actually were funny, the episode as a whole is not funny. Bad jokes bury sentiment, the acting was forced, the writing was flawed, and we have yet another reason to dislike Jill as a character. Besides being a total bonehead, a ditz and a complete shrew to Tim, she also lead on this guy who was attracted to her...and she checked out his butt! Remember all the grief she gave Tim for looking at other women? What a hypocrite! I didn't buy their little "make up" at the end. If I were Tim, I'd have told Ian he could have her. Oh, and I recommend creating a drinking game for EVERY time the words "granite guy" are spoken. Why wasn't there a counter tallying up the number of times they said this? Granite guy, granite guy, granite guy. The joke died within minutes of this episode starting. So, overall: Taking Jill for Granite is a forced, unfunny and unpleasant entry into the show's seventh season.
